Hair curler and waver.



P. E. HERRMANN.

HAIR CURLER AND WAVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY27,1915.

Patented 3:111. 11, 1916.

WIT [U88 d? (9 mm PAUL E. HERRMANN; .OF NEW YQRK, N. Y.

HAIR CURLEB AND WAVER.

Application filed May 27, 1915.

To allwizom it may concern:

- Be it lmown that I, PAUL E. HERRMANN, a subject of the German Emperor, and "a resident of the city of New York, in the county of New York I York, have invented certain new and useful taut as possible,

and State ofNew Improvements in Hair Curlers and Wavers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to hair curlers and wavers, and more particularly to the type described in U. S. Letters Patent No. 959,527, granted to me May 31, 1910. In devices of this type a tress or lock of hair is wound upon the instrument, proper care be ing taken that the lock be drawn thereon as inasmuch as the efficiency of the device depends largely upon the clegree of stretching to which the hair is subjected while upon the curler. The stretching of the hair heretofore depended upon the skill of the user, no special means having been provided, as far as known, upon hair curlers for coiling the lock or tress of hair tightly thereon.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a hair curler and waver with means, whereby the lock or tress of hair, after being coiled upon the curling instrument, is adapted to be stretched, or in other words drawn taut upon the said instrument.

Another object of the invention is to produce a hair curler and waver of this type which is simple, durable and efiicient, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

\Vith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists, in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Two of the many possible embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through a curler and waver constructed in accordance with the present in- Specification of Letters Patent.

'vided with perforations,

Patented Jan. 11, 1916. Serial No. 30,778.

vention; Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the instrument with a tress or look of hair thereon; Fig. at is a vertical longitudinal section taken through a modification of the invention? Fig. 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the modified implement with a lock of hair wound thereupon.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the numeral 10 indicates a tubular member, suitable manner, for instance by solder a head 11, the latter being made, preferably in the form of a disk, having a notch 12. The tubular member 10 projects a little distance beyond the said at 13, the portion 13 of the said tube being closed at its outer end by any suitable means. The tubular member 10 is provided with perforations 14, and has drawn over it a tubular shell 15, the latter being also proindicated by the numerals 16. The outer end of the shell 15 projects a little distance beyond the outer end of the tubular memberlO, the latter being provided at its outer end with interior screw threads 17, meshing with those of a screw 18, the head 19 of which is adapted to abut against the outer end of the shell 15. At a suitable distance from its outer end the shell 15 is provided with a milled knob 20, to facilitate the rotation of the said shell upon the tubular member 10 for a purpose hereinafter to be described. To the head 11 is pivoted at :21 a tubular member 22, having perforations 23 throughout itslength, and in this member is slidably disposed a perforated tube 2%, the outer end of which is closed. The operation of this device is as follows: The inner end of the tress or lock'of hair is tied by any suitable means to the portion 13 of the tubular member 10, and is then passed through the notch 12 in the head 11. The tubular' member 22 and the tube 21 therein are then swung laterally, after which the tress or lock of hair is wound upon the shell 15 and the tubular member 22, more particularly alternately over the same, that is to say the hair is. first passed partly around one of these members and then crossed over the other, partly wound over the latter, crossed back to the'first named memher, and so on, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The tubular member 22 and its tube 24 are then swung back into head, as clearly shown parallel relation to the tubular member 10,

after which the 'free end of the tress or lock is tied'to'tlie shell 15, The screw 18 is then.

partly'unscrewed and the shell 15 rotated upon the tubular member lO untilth'e lock has been'drawn taut upon the instrument,

after which the screw 18 is screwed up a ,ainstthe shell 15, thereby forcing the latter against the head 11, which acts as a stop.

The shell is thus held in fixed relation to the tubular-member 10. The hair isthen sub.-

Since the lock or tress of hair is thicker at its inner end than at its outer one, the four tubular elements of the device may be made conical. The r dlameters in such case decrease toward their inner ends.

The modification illustrated in Figs. 4 to 6, inclusive, differs from the one above described in that it lacks the tubular members 22"a'nd 2'1:- In this case the hair is wound upon the shell 15 only, its inner end being. tied to the portion 13 of the tubular member, and the outer end to said shell. Otherwise the function and (operation of the parts are in all respects similar to those of the corresponding elements of the appar-atus described in connection with Figs. 1

to 3, inclusive.

WVhat -I claim is 1. In a hair curler and waver the com bination witha tubular member having a fixed stop near one of its ends, of a shell rotatably mounted upon said member, and means for forcing said shell against said stop and thereby preventing the rotation of said shell in relation to said tubular member, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. ha hair curler and waver, the combination with a tubular member having a fixed stop near one of its ends, of a shell rotatably mounted upon said member, the outer end" of said-tubular member being provided with internal screw threads,'and a screw boltun engagement with said threads provided with a head adapted to abut against saidshell' and .to force the same against said stop to prevent rotation of said shell in relation to said tubular member.

3. In a hair curler and waver, the combination with a tubular member having a notched head near one of its ends, of a shell rotatably mounted upon said member, the outer end of said tubular member being provided with internal screw threads, and a screw bolt in engagement with said threads provided with a head adapted to abut:

against said shell and to force the same against said notched head to prevent rotation of said shell in relation to said tubular member. f

4c. In a hair curler and waver, the combination with a tubular member having a fixed stop near one of its ends, of a shell rotatably .mounted upon said member, means for forcing said shell against said stop and thereby preventing the rotation of said shell in rela-. tion to said tubular member, and a tubular member pivoted to said stop and extending in parallel relation to said first tubular member, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a hair curler and waver, the combination with a. tubular member having a fixed stop near one of its ends, o'fa shell rotatably mounted upon said member, the outer end of said tubular member being provided with internal screw threads, a screw bolt in engagement with said threads provided with a head adapted to abut against said shell and to force the same against said stop to prevent rotation of said shell in relation to said tubular member, and a tubular member pivoted to said stop and extending in parallel relation to" said first tubular member.

rotatably mountedthereon, and means for preventing, at will in either direction, the rotation of said shell-in relation to said tubular member.

' 7. A hair curler and waver comprising two relatively rotatable members, upon one 6. In a haircurler and waver, the combination with a tubular member, of a shellof which a lock or tress of hair is adapted to be coiled, one end of the, hair being tied to one of said members and its other end to I the other member, whereby upon rotating one of saidmembers relatively to the other the coils are drawn taut upon the instru- 1 ment, and means for holding said two'members in fixed relation, substantially. as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at New York, in the countyof New York, and State of NewLYork, this 20th day of May, A. D. 1915.

PAUL E. HERB-MANN. 

